The annual salary statistics of physician assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of physician assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $71,530 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $107,050 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $139,190 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $167,970 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $196,690 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physician assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $196,690. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $139,190. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $71,530.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physician assistants from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $139,190 | 6.39% | 23.20% |
| 2016 | $130,300 | 1.52% | - |
| 2015 | $128,320 | 9.97% | - |
| 2014 | $115,530 | -0.23% | - |
| 2013 | $115,800 | 7.69% | - |
| 2012 | $106,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $139,190 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for physician assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of physician assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 21.1 percent (21.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 33.5 percent (33.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.